diff --git a/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml b/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml
index c0cd4560f..9550e7a93 100644
--- a/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml
@@ -27,25 +27,20 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Start VM in background
       run: |
-        $QEMU \
+        ${{ inputs.qemu }} \
           -cpu host \
-          -drive file=$IMAGE,format=raw,if=virtio \
+          -drive file=${{ inputs.image }},format=raw,if=virtio \
           -enable-kvm \
           -smp $(nproc) \
           -nographic \
-          -m $RAM \
+          -m ${{ inputs.ram }} \
           -display none \
           -machine q35,accel=kvm \
-          -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::$SSH_FWD_PORT-:22 \
-          $OPTIONS \
+          -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::${{ inputs.ssh_fwd_port }}-:22 \
+          ${{ inputs.options }} \
           &
       shell: bash
       env:
-        QEMU: ${{ inputs.qemu }}
-        IMAGE: ${{ inputs.image }}
-        SSH_FWD_PORT: ${{ inputs.ssh_fwd_port }}
-        RAM: ${{ inputs.ram }}
-        OPTIONS: ${{ inputs.options }}
         SSHCMD: ssh root@localhost -p ${{ inputs.ssh_fwd_port }}
     - name: Wait for VM to boot
       run: sleep 10